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Onward, ever onward.

Today has been busy, just as every other day this week...month...year. But it's a good kind of busy. Well, until calculus comes into the picture! It never ceases to amaze me how random things go through my head. Like... I'll have trains of thoughts that make zero sense whatsoever to anyone but myself. And other times, random thoughts come into my head. My brain is weird, I think.

Today I was sitting in the library doing math homework, trying to understand how letters and numbers are all the same, and how math is real (I think it's all made up...who needs it, anyway?! math people, don't answer that!), and taking like 10 years on each of my homework problems (which I still haven't finished...). I have a paper for D&C due on Monday, and I've been trying to come up with ideas for it, and I've been coming up blank for a week and a half now. It's frustrating. Anyway, as I was sitting there doing math, the answer popped into my head, and I dumped my math stuff in my bag and ran to the No Shh Zone, got a computer, and started the word vomit. And I think it's a good idea...I just don't know how to write in this style, as I've never done it before. So I think I'm going to just write a really rough draft before the weekend, and then edit all weekend long. Okay, so probably just Saturday at work, and then again Monday morning. But I'm excited, because this could turn out to be a really great paper if I can get it to sound the way it does in my head!

In geology today, we talked about glaciers and Alaska and glaciers and Alaska and...yeah, I'm wicked excited to go there in 2 months! I've found a ton to do in Anchorage, and I'm solidifying hotel plans for that, and next I'll move on to Denali, at least as far as hotels go. I need to book those ASAP cuz a lot are already sold out. Fortunately, I'm going as cheap as possible, so the cheap, crappy ones still have vacancy! :)

Well, I'm off. I've got a ton of homework to do, a real journal to write in, and plans to go watch the Office with Alex and his roommates and their friends!

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  1. KevinMarch 23, 2009 at 12:49 AM

    Cool! I didn't know you were going to Alaska!

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  2. Patty OgdenMarch 23, 2009 at 1:57 PM

    Your brain is NOT weird... mine does that, too. So maybe it's just inherited!

    And I'm wicked excited for Alaska, too! Need to start thinking about what to pack, and what to bring to do on the train, and where to get more memory cards, cheap... and buy the camcorder battery charger, and...and...and...YAY!!!!

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